Kansas City’s public safety sales tax has been used to support the police department and emergency and medical services.

Yes, all prisoners are targeted, and the harshness of their treatment varies only in degree, with the most severe treatment ...

The offices of Maryland’s attorney general and public defender teamed up to release their first report on the issue.

The new slavery is a shameful mark on our country’s pretenses to respect for human rights and the dignity of every human ...

Civil rights groups filed an appeal Friday after their lawsuit against the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office was dismissed.

A wrongly convicted Black man who spent over 30 years behind bars could face a return to prison if the Missouri Attorney General has his way.

The jail has been closed since June due to black mold, costing the county over $1 million in unbudgeted funds to house ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A judge has denied a request to grant the early release of a former University of Kentucky student ...

Just four months into her punishment, Sophia Rosing, 24, asked a judge week to suspend her prison sentence, allowing her to ...

Construction of a new jail is moving to the forefront of City Hall's to-do list. A big question is what part of Jacksonville will be the site.

A new play about anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seeks to highlight the struggles of Black women in South ...

Before a Vancouver man was sentenced Monday to 8½ years in prison, two Clark County judges spoke from the other side of the ...